On Tuesday, Twitter retired v1 of their API and completed the transition to v1.1. As a result, you may see numerous areas of websites that are supposed to pull a Twitter feed but are actually blank. Twitter is hardly known for its stability or high-availability. You may have thought like I did that Twitter was just suffering an outage the first and maybe second time you saw the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Set the default wallpaper for new users in Windows 7
I am using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to install Windows 7 on computers quickly and consistently. I was interested in adding a little polish and branding the finished product. The only real stumbling block I ran into was setting a default wallpaper on Windows 7. The usual tricks of editing the Default user profile or that profile's NTUser.dat file (HKey_Current_User hive) did … [Read more...]
Made in America gets a look inside the Lenovo North Carolina factory
Lenovo just opened their new factory in Whitsman, North Carolina. ABC News has one of the first inside looks at the factory in their series 'Made in America'. The Lenovo line is producing a variety of models currently with more models to be made stateside by the end of the year. You can watch the segment on ABC News. It's great to hear about manufacturing jobs headed back to … [Read more...]
Watch the Apple WWDC 2013 Livestream
Apple will live stream the WWDC 2013 keynote speech today. It begins at 10AM PDT and will stream on their website and to Apple TV. According to the fine print, the live stream does have some requirements: Live Streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on Mac OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later. Streaming via Apple TV requires second- or third-generation Apple TV … [Read more...]
Resources for a Bring Your Own Device policy
Bring Your Own Device has been a common phrase for a while now but its implementation often has room for improvement. The BYOD concept has even made its way into comics. Fortunately with time passing, more resources have become available. The benefit with not being on the cutting edge means others have gone before you. Here are a few resources with recommendations for a solid … [Read more...]